5.76k reviews for:

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

3.79 AVERAGE

stuff4bd's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Beautifully written with such descriptive language. I was surprised by how many of the themes were relevant almost 100 years later. 

amoebver62's review against another edition

5.0

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I completely entered this worldscape when I read it. Maybe it's my own genetic lineage to these same displaced workers, but I felt this book more than anything I had read to date. One of my all-time favorites.

pmontilla37's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

jackbarry12's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

pastormama's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

ssp_craft's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

ilariarebuli's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

thepuckman's review against another edition

4.0

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Should be required reading in schools (if not already). Brings the history of the dust bowl to life better than any text I can imagine.

chloe_paton's review against another edition

5.0

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John Steinbeck is an author I was forced to read in high school, but was a bit young to really understand. Appreciated this a lot more this time around with a bit more understanding of the time it was published and era it was written about. Didn’t realised when I borrowed the audiobook that it was the dramatised BBC version.

mxrn's review against another edition

4.0

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Great themes overall, and compelling story, high four I’d say as some things just didn’t hit for me.
Everyone should read tho